Monday, August 28, 2023

Mexico City. San Lorenzo Xochimanca

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San Lorenzo Xochimanca is best known for its well-preserved chapel of San Lorenzo Mártir, whose former atrium is now to a popular neighborho...
Monday, August 14, 2023

Guerrero. San Antonio Tehuilotepec

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We follow up on our earlier posts * on churches in Guerrero, with a visit to San Antonio Tehuilotepec, “mountain of crystal.” This unassumi...
Monday, July 10, 2023

Mexico. The crosses of Aculco: Santa Ana Matlavat.

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 In an earlier series we looked at several carved stone crosses in area churches of Aculco   In this post we feature a cross at the former 1...
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Monday, June 26, 2023

Chiapas. Two equestrian statues

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The focus in our second post on Chiapas is on two related equestrian statues of colonial origin in the city of San Cristóbal. The first is a...
Friday, June 9, 2023

Chiapas. San Cristobal: La Merced

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We have not posted frequently on Chiapas on this blog. But we have two new posts on this remote southern state. The first looks at the churc...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Aguascalientes. La Casa Teran

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 In this blog we have featured several colonial buildings/art works in the city of Aguascalientes, with connections to the Ureña family of a...
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Sunday, April 16, 2023

Guanajuato. La Hacienda de Burras

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LA HACIENDA DE BURRAS:  a fragment of Mexican history   Mexico abounds with significant historic sites - some celebrated and elaborately pre...